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Author LaFevor, David C., author

Title Prizefighting and civilization : a cultural history of boxing, race, and masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940 / David C. LaFevor
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2020
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Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowlegments: Journeyman Research and the Sweet Science -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Problem of Prizefighting in Cuba and Mexico -- Chapter 2. Prizefighting and Civilization in the Mexican Public Sphere in the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 3. "Who Will Say We Are Not Progressing": Cuba, Race, and Boxing in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- Chapter 4. "Nigger" Prizefighters in Havana: The Transnational Spectacle of Race and Boxing -- Chapter 5. "The Revolution Came and Passed Out Gloves to Everyone."
Chapter 6. Marching at the Head of Civilization -- Conclusion: Legacies of Domesticating the Exotic in Cuba and Mexico -- Notes -- Bilbliography -- Index
Summary In Prizefighting and Civilization: A Cultural History of Boxing, Race, and Masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940, historian David C. LaFevor traces the history of pugilism in Mexico and Cuba from its controversial beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century through its exponential rise in popularity during the early twentieth century
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 17, 2020)
Subject Boxing -- Social aspects -- Mexico
Boxing -- Social aspects -- Cuba
Masculinity in sports -- Mexico
Masculinity in sports -- Cuba
Racism in sports.
Boxing -- Social aspects
Masculinity in sports
Racism in sports
Cuba
Mexico
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0826361595
9780826361592